Meanings
plural crossposts · alternative cross-post · alternative abbreviation xpost · alternative abbreviation x-post
- InternetAn electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
- indexingcomputingAn instance of crossposting, or the post thus created.
present singular third person crossposts · participle present crossposting · participle past crossposted · past crossposted · alternative cross-post · alternative abbreviation xpost · alternative abbreviation x-post
- InternetambitransitiveTo post (a message) to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
but it sounds like a rationalization to me. I'm cross-posting this to net.women to see how women feel about it.
1983 December 20, George Sicherman, “Relationships and Later Lovers”, in net.singles (Usenet), retrieved 20 Jan 2026
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
- Proto-Italic*kruks /*krukis
- Latincrux
- Old Irishcros
- Old Norsekross
- Old Englishcros
- Middle Englishcross
- Middle Englishcros-
- Englishcross-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
- Proto-Italic*po
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
- Proto-Italic*sinō
- Proto-Italic*pozinō
- Latinpōnō
- Latinposita
- Italianposta
- Middle Frenchposte
- Englishpost
- Englishcrosspost
Translations
German crossposten
- crosspostento post on multiple websites simultaneously
Portuguese crosspostar
- crosspostarto post on multiple websites simultaneously
Spanish crosspostear
- crosspostearto post on multiple websites simultaneously
Cite this entry
crosspost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost
“crosspost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crosspost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosspost.
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